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Originally Posted by Dobbs

I developed these charts to make the ships more durable. The charts are put in a plastic sleeve and marked with grease pencils.

Damage is marked from the top down. The numbers on the left for broadside strength represent the forward firing arc. The middle is the full broadside. The right numbers are the stern firing arc.

If a ship loses all the damage boxes in a row on a side, it cannot fire the at that row's strength, and the small square is checked off to indicate

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Originally Posted by Dobbs

Here are my modified Wind Rules for a wider range of wind, and rules for allowing a ship to move at a slower speed. In the instructions, you may notice mention of the "Spilling Wind" box. This is a box I have added between Backing Sails and Struck Sails on my mats.

Wind Rules for the Anchorage.pdf

Here is my expanded Wind Gauge:

Wind Table - Ocean.pdf

Wind Table - Coastal.pdf

Wind Table - Flukey.pdf

Hi,
I'am looking for gamers in Madrid or sourrandings. I'am playing following Langton's wargame rules.

Regards

[Analogy to a Car]
An object changes direction due to external forces acting upon it. A car for example changes direction because of the interactions at the contact patch of the tire and road surface. When a slip angle is introduced between the tire direction and facing a force is generated which changes the path of the car. This slip angle is initiated in the front tires via the steering wheel. As a secondary reaction the car yaws causing the rear tires to also generate a slip angle ...

Originally Posted by Dobbs

Card Box A.pdf
Card Box B.pdf
Card Box C.pdf
Card Box D.pdf

Someone a few months back came up with the idea of boxes to keep the movement cards in. It seemed like a good idea, and I thought I'd share my variation. These are boxes for the 1st Wave ships. As a PDF, these should print out to the right size. I made them a little oversize, since my cards are all in sleeves. I print them on the heaviest card stock my printer can

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